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‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [314v] (176/192)
The record is made up of 1 item (95 folios). It was created in 1921. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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CHAPTER VI.
VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL
RELIEF.
I.—Births and Deaths.
For details see the Annual Report of the Sanitary Commissioner for the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
for I919.
1. AmoDg the civil European population 291 births and 329 deaths
were recorded as against 388 and 415 in 1918, giving a birth-rate of 9’64
per mille as against 12*85 in 1918 and a death-rate of 10*90 against IS*?!.
2. Among Anglo-Indians 162 births and 215 deaths were registered
against 165 and 223 in 1918, The birth and death ratios mille were 18 , 20
and 24T5, respectively, compared with 18*54 and 25*05 in 1918.
3. Among Indians, births registered numbered 546,460, showing a
decrease of 72,764 on the preceding year’s figure and 144,114 less than the
decennial mean. The birth-rate was 27*90 per mille as against 31*61. For
every 100 females, 109*16 males were born. Still-births numbered 9,159 as
against 11,482 in 1918. Six hundred and thirty-seven thousand one hundred and
seventy deaths were registered against 1,724,674 in 1918 (influenza year), and
709,078, the decennial mean; 111 25 males died for every 100 females. The
death-rate was 32*53 per mille against 88*05 in 1918 and a decennial mean of
36*20, and exceeded the birth-rate by 4*63 per mille. In Bombay City the
birth and death rates were 21*25 and 70*52, respectively. The infant morta
lity rate for the
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
was 201*93 per 1,000 live births as against 286*93
in 1918. In Bombay City the rate was 657*19 as against 596*51 in 1918. The
death-rate was lowest among both males and females between the ages of 10and
15, being 10*73 in the case of males and 12*37 in that of females. The death-
rate among Christians was 29*55 mille, among Mahomedans 24*18, among
Parsis 25*62, among Jains 21*36 and among Hindus 34*82.
4. Of the deaths among Indians, which totalled 637,170, cholera was
responsible for 51,551, small-pox for 6,232, plague for 9,626, fever for
274,759, dysentery and diarrhoea for 38,317 and respiratory diseases for
98,633.
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The subjoined table shows the deaths in 1919 arranged according to
causes and contrasted with the results for 1918 and the mean of the preced
ing five years.
Means for 5 years
1914 to 1918 .
1919 .
1918 . j
Number.
Ratio per
1,000 of
population.
Number.
Ratio per
1,000 of
population.
Number.
Ratio per
1,000 of
population*
•45
•41
4-06
65-55
1-64
6-H
•40
9-43
Cholera
Small-pox
Plague
Fever
Dysentery and Diarrhoea
Respiratory Diseases
Injuries
Other causes
All causes
12,767
4,016
77,148
465,859
35,447
83,907
7,858
165,954
•65
•20
3 - 94
23*78
1-81
4 - 28
•40
8*47
51,551
6,232
9,626
274,759
38,317
98,633
7,896
150,156
2-63
•32
•49
14-03
1-96
5-04
•40
7-67
8,834
8,063
79,478
1 , 284,013
32,058
119,680
7,761
184,787
852,956
43-53
637,170
32-54
1 , 724,674
88'05
2.—Emigration and Immigration.
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year 191
For details see tables under Emigration printed in Part V of the Statistics of British India*
usual seasonal movement took place during the year. Kathrawa
and Aorth Gujarat supplied labourers for mills and ginning factories an
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Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. during the financial year 1919-20. The report was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay [Mumbai], in 1921.
The report is divided into two parts. Part I comprises a report ‘GENERAL SUMMARY’ (ff 231-238).
PART II (ff 239-322) comprises the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘CHAPTER I. – PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL. TRIBUTARY STATES.’ (ff 239-249), consisting of: I. North Gujarat; II. South Gujarat; III. North Konkan; IV. South Konkan; V. The Deccan; VI. Kolhapur and Southern Maratha Country States; VII. Sind [Sindh]; VIII. Aden; IX. Condition of the People
- ‘CHAPTER II. – ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAND.’ (ff 250-256), consisting of: 1. Surveys; 2. Settlements; 3. Waste Lands; 4. Land Records; 5. Wards’ and other Estates; 6. Revenue and Rent-paying Classes
- ‘CHAPTER III. – PROTECTION.’ (ff 256-269), consisting of: 1. Course of Legislation; 2. Police; 3. Wild Animals and Venomous Snakes; 4. Chemical Analysis; 5. Criminal Justice; 6. Prisons – Civil and Criminal; 7. Civil Justice; 8. Criminal Tribes; 9. Registration; 10. Local Board Administration; 11. Municipal Administration; 12. Rent Acts; 13. Indian Reforms Scheme; 14. Military (Indian Defence Force); 15. Marine
- ‘CHAPTER IV. – PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.’ (ff 270-304), consisting of: 1. Agriculture; 2. Weather and Crops; 3. Co-operative Societies; 4. Horticulture; 5. Forests; 6. Mines and Quarries; 7. Power Industries and Handicrafts; 8. Trade; 9. Public Works; 10. Railways; 11. Tramways
- ‘CHAPTER V. – FINANCIAL REVIEW.’ (ff 305-314), consisting of: 1. Financial Review, 1919-20; 2. Land Revenue; 3. Irrigation Revenue; 4. Public Works Revenue; 5. Customs; 6. Salt; 7. Excise; 8. Cotton Duties Act; 9. Stamps; 10. Income Tax; 11. Local Funds
- ‘CHAPTER VI. – VITAL STATISTICS AND MEDICAL RELIEF.’ (ff 314-318), consisting of: 1. Births and Deaths; 2. Emigration and Immigration; 3. Medical Relief; 4. Epidemic Diseases; 5. The Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory; 6. Lunatic Asylums [psychiatric hospitals]; 7. Acworth Leper Asylum [hospital for people affected by leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease], Matunga; 8. Sanitation; 9. Vaccination; 10. Veterinary
- ‘CHAPTER VII. – INSTRUCTION.’ (ff 318-320), consisting of: 1. Education; 2. Literature and the Press; 3. Arts and Sciences
- ‘CHAPTER VIII. – ARCHEAOLOGY.’ (f 321), consisting of: Archaeological Survey of India, Western Circle
- ‘CHAPTER IX. – MISCELLANEOUS.’ (ff 321-322), consisting of: 1. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; 2. Stationary; 3. Printing; 4. General Miscellaneous.
There is a map of the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. on folio 229. The report also includes the following photographs:
- ‘RESIDENCY SCHOOL. Crater, Aden.’ (f 292)
- ‘POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE SHOLAPUR [Solapur].’ (f 243)
- ‘HOSTEL BUILDING FOR THE NORTHCOTE HIGH SCHOOL SHOLAPUR.’ (f 245)
- ‘BUNGALOW FOR THE SANITARY ENGINEER TO GOVERNMENT, YERAVDA [Yerwada or Yerawada]. (North West Elevation).’ (297).
A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 230. In a small number of instances, there are discrepancies in the spelling, phrasing or inclusion of sub-headings between the table of contents and the body of the report. In these cases, the sub-heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.
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